Detroit Tigers' Miguel Cabrera wins Most Valuable Player of the Year, Hitter of the Year GIBBY Awards

Detroit Tigers' Miguel Cabrera celebrates after hitting a two-run home run during the fourth inning of Game 4 of the American League championship series against the New York Yankees in Detroit. AP File Photo

Detroit Tigers third baseman Miguel Cabrera might be running out of room on his trophy mantle.

The Triple Crown winner earned himself yet another pair of honors Tuesday when he won two Greatness in Baseball Yearly Awards (GIBBY), including the coveted MLB MVP award.

Named this year's AL Most Valuable Player by the Baseball Writers' Association of America, Cabrera outpolled Los Angeles rookie Mike Trout and National League MVP Buster Posey, taking 42.2 percent of the votes.

Trout, who earned 29.7 percent of the votes, was the runner-up, followed by Posey, Pittsburgh's Andrew McCutchen and Milwaukee's Ryan Braun.

Cabrera was also named MLB's Hitter of the Year, following a legendary season that saw the 29-year-old bat .330 batting average with 44 homers and 139 RBIs, resulting in the majors' first Triple Crown since 1967.

Named one of five finalists from both leagues for the top honor last month, Cabrera also led the majors with a .606 slugging percentage and a .999 OPS.

Along with the GIBBYs and AL MVP Award, Cabrera was named Sporting News' Player of the Year and has added a Silver Slugger Award (his fourth), the American League's Hank Aaron Award and the Luis Aparicio Award to his growing collection this year.

Cabrera was the lone Tigers player to earn honors as Justin Verlander placed third behind Mets starter R.A. Dickey for MLB's Starting Pitcher of the Year. He earned 16.7 percent of the vote, trailing Dickey and Tampa Bay's David Price, who took 17.5 percent.

Trout was the runaway Rookie of the Year, with 92.4 percent compared to Washington rookie Bryce Harper's 4.2 percent.

This year's GIBBY Awards featured nominees in 21 categories. Recipients of the awards, which date back to 2002, were based on voting by media, front-office personnel, MLB alumni, fans at MLB.com and the Society for American Baseball Research.